President of Ukraine Vladimir Z.elenskyHe said on Tuesday that Kiev will not settle for a battlefield stalemate with Russia and plans to regain control of all the territory occupied by Moscow.
“We’ve already lost too many people to give up our lands,” he said via video conference at an event organized by FT Live, adding that a standoff for Kyiv was “not an option”.
“We have to completely evacuate our entire area,” Z said.elensky.
Kyiv had previously said that Russian forces currently occupy about 20 percent of Ukrainian territory, including the eastern and southern regions.
When asked about French President Emmanuel Macron’s call to “humiliate” Russia to keep the door open for a diplomatic solution, Zelenskiy said: “We will not humiliate anyone, we will respond in the same way.”
Ukraine hopes that Western deliveries of long-range weapons, including the US’s HIMARS and the UK’s M270 artillery rocket systems, can help repel Russian troops.
Zelensky He also said he was “very happy” that British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, one of Ukraine’s most staunch allies, survived Monday’s no-confidence vote among Conservative MPs.
Russia invaded Ukraine on February 24, in what it called a “special military operation” to end what it said was a threat to its security. Ukraine and its Western allies say Russia is waging a war of aggression for no reason.
source: Noticias
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